Stem for Every Season Cloverbud Curriculum
- Binder Cover Page
- Table of Contents and About Cloverbud Investigators
- Cloverbud Investigators Event Calendar
These STEM lessons were designed for the everyday 4-H advisor or afterschool helper to feel confident in tackling a lesson in science.These lessons are meant to provide hands on, learning by doing, fun exploration into science. Each lesson contains an informational background about the science topic, step by step instructions for the experiment, and follow up questions to conclude the lesson. We are proud to present this Cloverbud curriculum to 4-H advisors, teachers, day care staff, and other 4-H professionals.
Plans are underway to expand this curriculum with another twelve lessons focusing on STEM based career exploration experiments.
January: Make It Snow
- Lesson
- Lesson Resources: Winter Coloring Page, Snowman Coloring Page, Cutting Snowflakes
February: Be My Valentine Scribble Bot
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- Lesson Resources: Engineering Design Process, Champ Coloring Page, Heifer Coloring Page, Pig Coloring Page, Sheep Coloring Page
March: St. Patty’s Growing Animals
- Lesson
- Lesson Resources:Boy In Rain, Carbon Dioxide, Cheeseburger, Co2, Flower, Flower Stem, Girl in Rain, Ice Cream, Leaves, Oxygen, Photosynsis, Process Words, Rain Cloud, Roots, Shelter, Soil, Sun
April: Everything Rainbow
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- Lesson Resources:Items to Pick Up for the Group, Cat Coloring Page, Chicken Coloring Page, Cow Coloring Page, Deer Coloring Page, Dog Coloring Page, Fish Coloring Page, Goat Coloring Page, Horse Coloring Page, Pig Coloring Page, Sheep Coloring Page
May: Balloon Greenhouse
- Lesson
- Lesson Resources:Simple Greenhouse in a Cup, Garden, Glass Greenhouse, Plastic Greenhouse
June: Bleaching out the Color
- Lesson
- Lesson Resources:Example of a Bleached Out Shirt
July: Geyser Soda Car
- Lesson
- Lesson Resources:Soda Car in Action
August: Non-Newtonian Flubber
- Lesson
- Lesson Resources:Color Sheet with Bubbles, States of Matter
September: Leak Proof Bag
- Lesson
- Lesson Resources:Autumn Coloring Pages
October: Erupting Jack-O-Lantern
- Lesson
- Lesson Resources:Fall Coloring Page
November: Fall Leaf Color Change
- Lesson
- Lesson Resources: Colored Turkey, Happy Thanksgiving Worksheet, Turkey Coloring Sheet
December: Christmas Lights and Electricity
- Lesson
- Lesson Resources:Christmas Tree Coloring Pages, Label Sheet for Lesson, Santa Coloring Pages
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Promotion Flyers
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March Flyer, April Flyer, May Flyer, June Flyer, July Flyer, August Flyer, September Flyer, October Flyer, December Flyer
Cloverbud Investigators Cloverbud Career Detectives
Cloverbuds will have a chance to come and learn at monthly fun filled science labs! Members will be able to explore science based activities with a career twist.
January: Make It Snow - Making Polymers Expand
- Lesson
- Lesson Resource: Cutting Snowflakes
February: Hearts Of Knots
- Lesson
- Lesson Resource: Hearts of Knots Police Coloring Sheet
March: Lollipop Mania
- Lesson
- Lesson Resource: Lollipop Mania Coloring Sheet
April: Dolphin Communication
- Lesson
- Lesson Resource: Speaking Dolphin Listening Coloring Sheet
May: Plant Dissection
- Lesson
- Lesson Resources: Flower Parts Handout
June: Make It Float - Junk Boats
- Lesson
- Lesson Resource: Junk Boats Coloring Sheet
July: Fireworks in a Tube
- Lesson
- Lesson Resource: Fireworks Show Color Coloring Sheet
August: Magic of Sandcastles
- Lesson
- Lesson Resource: Sand Colors Handout, Sands Coloring Sheet
September: Wild Life Tracks
- Lesson
- Lesson Resources: Animal Tracks Stories Coloring Sheet
October: Bone Up and Bones
- Lesson
- Lesson Resources: Bone Parts, Skeleton Cutout
November: Who did it? Crime Lab
- Lesson
- Lesson Resource: Fingerprints Worksheet
December: Potato Power
- Lesson
- Lesson Resources: Alternative Power Coloring Sheet
Cloverbud Investigators Taking the Adventure Outside
January: Classification Systems - Where Do I Belong?
- Lesson
- Lesson Resource: Scientific Classification
February: Marvelous Mammals
- Lesson
- Lesson Resource: Mammal Pictures
March: Traveling Trash
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April: Scales, Shells and Salamander Tails
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May: Get the Buzz On Pollination
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June: Beaks to Tweet About
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- Lesson Resource: Bird Beak Lesson Cards and Tally Sheet
July: Traveling Sand
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August:
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September:
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October: The Superpowers of Owls!
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November:
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December:
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